Indispensable to liberation ~ Tulku Thondup Rinpoche

Indispensable to liberation ~ Tulku Thondup Rinpoche was last modified: December 5th, 2016 by dorjeduck

Buddhism teaches that in our true nature, we are enlightened—totally open, peaceful, joyful, compassionate, and omniscient. The Buddha proclaimed:

“Profound, peaceful, and free from concepts,
Luminous and uncompounded—
A nectar-like nature—that I have realized!”

This aspect of our mind is “the true nature of the mind.” When we become aware of and perfect it, we become blossoming buddhas.

We’re all attracted to these highest views. But some students of Buddhism just want to meditate on the nature of the mind, emptiness-wisdom, free from concepts, without opening their hearts to the merit-making practices that are indispensable to liberation. They regard important practices like praying and generating devotion as “theistic” and “dualistic.”